Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka It only took 18 chapters but we finally got to the point of the Mink arc[SPOILER - highlight to read]: The location to the final island of Raftel is hidden on four Ponyglyphs scattered about the Grand Line. Which is weird since Rayleigh should know where the final island is off the bat along with anyone from Roger's crew that may still be alive

They did say getting it from the crew would be Too Easy.

Though also, we don't know Roger's crew navigator, right? It may be that Rayleigh and such could say what's there, but not provide the coordinates or such.

As good as One Piece is, Dragonball is still the grand-daddy of modern Shonen. DBS kinda stole all the attention, at least on this site.

Also it is just much harder to get into OP. Most people started Naruto or Bleach as wee kids but since OP has always struggled to catch on in the states(even now it has been forced off Toonami yet again) that would mean starting fresh with it. And One Piece is quite lengthy lol.

Oda makes an interesting comparison to Mashima from Fairy Tail. Both basically have carte blanche to do whatever since they are the biggest hits for their respective magazines. Mashima has no desire to create or experiment so his manga has basically become the same deluge of tropes repeated over and over again. Oda on the other hand maybe cares a bit too much with his world being super sprawling and with thousands of characters. It honestly gets incredibly difficult to keep track of all these names.